Pleomorphic and dedifferentiated leiomyosarcoma: clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 41 cases

Human Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 663-671

  Nicolas, Marlo M ^a   Tamboli, Pheroze ^a   Gomez, Jose A ^b   Czerniak, Bogdan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dedifferentiated; Immunohistochemical; Leiomyosarcoma; Pleomorphic; Retroperitoneum

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; BEVACIZUMAB; CALDESMON; CALPONIN; CARBOPLATIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; DACARBAZINE; DESMIN; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; VIMENTIN; WT1 PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE;

ACTINS; ADULT; AGED; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; DESMIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN;

EID: 77950593395     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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